
I don't know if he was their lucky rabbit's foot or not but there is no denying that Long Island's fortunes have turned for the worse since he left the team.
Nino Niederreiter was taken 5th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Isles who gave him a long look up close from August, through training camp and into the regular season.

What is interesting is that since October 27th, the record of the New York Islanders is: 0-9-2-1
In 9 games with Niederreiter the Isles earned 10 of a possible 18 points and without him, they have managed to pick up just 3 of a possible 24.
"C" for coincidence or "H" for.... Hmmmmmm?
Now I am not trying to suggest that the Isles did the wrong thing by sending him back to the WHL because I don't; I thought they rushed Josh Bailey and I wondered if they'd do the same with Niederreiter but they didn't. I'm just pointing out a curious stat and am wondering if there is any chance their record has anything to do with Niederreiter's reassignment to Portland.
It's also interesting to note yesterday's development that saw the Islanders send Bailey to the AHL. Is the organization having a second thoughts now about the way they handled him? Do they wish now that they'd returned him to Windsor where he would have led a young Spitfires team to the Memorial Cup win in 2009?

All the things Bailey could of had two years ago.
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